Live at Billy Bob's Texas (Janie Fricke album)

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Live at Billy Bob's Texas
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Live album by
Janie Fricke
ReleasedApril 2, 2002 (2002-04-02)
Recorded2001
VenueBilly Bob's Texas
GenreCountry[1]
Length50:15
Label
Producer
  • Billy Minick
  • Rick Smith
Janie Fricke chronology
Bouncin' Back
(2000) 		Live at Billy Bob's Texas
(2002) 		The Bluegrass Sessions
(2004)

Live at Billy Bob's Texas is a live album by American country artist Janie Fricke. It was released on April 2, 2002, via Image Entertainment and Smith Music Group. It was the first live record issued in Fricke's career and contained 17 tracks. The album was part of a larger project in which several country artists recorded live records at Billy Bob's Texas, a dance hall in the southern United States.

Background and recording[]

In the early 2000s, employees of the Smith Music Group noticed an increased public interest in Texas country music. To increase the profile of the record company, president Rick Smith brought in several country artists to record live records at Billy Bob's Texas. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, the venue opened in 1981 and became a major attraction for country audiences. Smith chose Lynn Anderson, Merle Haggard, T.G. Sheppard and Janie Fricke to be part of their Live at Billy Bob's Texas album series.[2] After a string of number one and top ten country songs in the 1980s, Live at Billy Bob's Texas would be Fricke's first live album project made in her career.[3] The project was recorded at Billy Bob's Texas in late 2001. It was produced by Billy Minick and Rick Smith.[4]

Content and release[]

Live at Billy Bob's Texas consisted of 17 tracks all recorded live.[1] Twelve of the album's tracks were some of Fricke's most recognizable country chart hits. Among these recordings were the former number one Billboard country songs "Tell Me a Lie", "Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby" and "It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy."[4][5] The album also included five live versions of songs first released on Fricke's 2000 album Bouncin' Back: "Quilt of Dreams", "Any Other Stone", "Bouncing Back", "See-Saw Ride" and "Love Forever More".[4][6] Live at Billy Bob's Texas was originally released on April 2, 2002, on Image Entertainment and Smith Group Music. It was originally available as a compact disc.[4] The album was sold partially on television and was promoted through a deal made with the Dodge automotive corporation.[2] The album was later made available to digital platforms including Apple Music.[7]

Track listing[]

CD and digital versions[4][7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby"
2:40
2."Let's Stop Talkin' About It"
2:59
3."He's a Heartache"
2:42
4."Any Other Stone"S. Brown2:50
5."She's Single Again"
2:25
6."I'll Need Someone to Hold Me (When I Cry)"
2:53
7."Do Me with Love"John Schweers2:14
8."Your Heart's Not in It"
3:00
9."Somebody Else's Fire"
3:15
10."See-Saw Ride"Craig Bickhardt3:18
11."You Don't Know Love"
3:19
12."Down to My Last Broken Heart"Chick Rains2:37
13."Tell Me a Lie"
  • Mickey Buckins
  • Barbara Wyrick
2:49
14."Quilt of Dreams"
  • Bickhardt
  • Tony Haselden
2:57
15."Bouncin' Back"
  • D. Drake
  • R. Harbin
  • C. Rawson
2:14
16."It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy"
3:44
17."Love Forever More"Janie Fricke4:19
Total length:50:15

Personnel[]

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Live at Billy Bob's Texas[4] and AllMusic.[8]

Release history[]

Region Date Format Label Ref.
North America April 2, 2002 Compact disc
  • Image Entertainment
  • Smith Music Group
 [4]
2010s
  • Music download
  • streaming
 Smith Music Group [7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Janie Fricke: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b Evans Price, Deborah (February 16, 2002). "Dodge Truckville Promotion Drives Exposure of CD Series". Billboard. p. 28. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ Deming, Mark. "Janie Fricke Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Fricke, Janie (April 2, 2002). "Live at Billy Bob's Texas (CD Liner Notes and Album Information)". Image Entertainment/Smith Music Group. 5011-2.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  6. ^ Fricke, Janie (October 10, 2000). "Bouncin' Back (CD/Cassette Liner Notes & Album Information)". JMF Records. JMFR0001.
  7. ^ a b c "Live at Billy Bob's Texas by Janie Fricke". Apple Music. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Janie Fricke: Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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